Profile of Prof. Arbind K.
Jha

Prof. Arbind K. Jha
enjoys the distinction of having his Bachelor’s, Master’s, M.Phil.
and Ph.D. — all degrees in Education. He has studied Mathematics,
too at Master level. More than twenty fellows at masters’ level,
five fellows at M. Phil. level and three fellows at Ph.D. level
have written their dissertations in education under his supervision
and guidance. Presently there are eight Ph.D. scholars conduction
their research work. Before joining MGAHU Wardha, he was a faculty
and Dean, School of Education at Central University of Himachal
Pradesh, Dharamshala.

He is credited with widely acclaimed books entitled “Nyaya
Philosophy: Epistemology and
Education”; “Constructivist Epistemology and
Pedagogy: Insight into Teaching, Learning and
Knowing and a popular book “Homework
Education: A Powerful Tool of
Learning”. A recent important work of his in the
field of education along with Anita Woolfolk and
Girishwar Misra has been published by Pearson
entitled “Fundamentals of Educational
Psychology”.

He has participated and presented more
than forty papers in several national, international
conferences/seminars. He has presented his papers in the
International Conferences of ‘Global Conference on Education’ at
University of Riverside, California, USA; ‘Global Conference on
Creative Engagements: Thinking with Children’ at Mansfield College,
Oxford, UK; Canada International Conference on Education, at
University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada etc. Apart from presentation
of papers, he has also visited some international universities such
as University of La Sierra, University of Riverside at Riverside,
California, USA and New York State University at New York, USA,
Institute of Education at London and Oxford University at
Oxfordshire in UK.

He has also published papers in
journals of repute. He acts as a “Resource Person” for NUEPA, New
Delhi, NCERT, New Delhi, SCERT, Gurgaon, Haryana Institute of
Public Administration (HIPA), Gurgaon, Academic Staff College,
Jamia Milia Islamia, New Delhi, Academic Staff College, HP
University, Shimla, ASC at DAVV Indore, ASC at Rajasthan
University, Jaipur etc. and has delivered talks as Invited Speaker
in different institutions in India. He is a prolific contributor to
Philosophical and Educational Studies and Research. His areas of
interest and specialization are Educational Problems and Practices
in general and Epistemology, Pedagogy, and Constructivist Pedagogy
in particular.